Steve has embarked on his journey of a lifetime. Having left the Sydney slum in which he grew up, he's backpacking around Europe. But his meeting with the ageing writer Prince Stefano Torre della Aquila will change him forever.
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`His subtlety and empathy have never been so movingly revealed...he has done nothing finer'; Paul Binding, The Independent; `A novelist of discernment the surface of whose narrative is so attractive that only on reflection do you realise how deep he goes' Alan Massie, Daily Telegraph; `A very readable book ... I don't know quite what it means if one suddenly bursts into floods of tears while reading a book, but this is what happened to me towards the end of this short, sharp novel' Andrew Barrow, Literary Review; `King at his very best' Isabel Quigley, The Tablet; Thoughtful and engaging novel' Gay Times
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Francis King's first three novels were published while he was still an undergraduate at Oxford, and since then he has won many prizes for his work. Allison & Busby have recently published his widely acclaimed short stories, A Hand at the Shutter.
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